Its occurrence on Hoste Island earns it the distinction of being the southernmost tree on earth.
Antarctica | Nothofagus | Nothofagus dombeyi | Nothofagus nitida | Nothofagus antarctica | Nothofagus alpina | nothofagus | Deschampsia antarctica | Antarctica Service Medal | Nothofagus obliqua | Mount Davis (Antarctica) | Limacina antarctica | D'Urville Island, Antarctica | Durvillaea antarctica | Dicksonia antarctica | Belgica antarctica | Argentine Antarctica |
Trees from Tierra del Fuego: Drimys winteri, Maytenus magellanica, Embothrium coccineum, Nothofagus antarctica, Nothofagus pumilio, and Nothofagus betuloides, have thrived too, in this cold oceanic climate.
Despite the occasionally extreme privations, and accompanied only by a boy guide, Comber sent back seeds and herbarium specimens of over 1200 species, including the Chilean Fire Bush, Nothofagus antarctica, and several species of Berberis and Eucryphia.